Her work in the Middle School Quality Initiative (MSQI) involved helping school leaders and teacher teams to implement school
wide systems of assessment in literacy, integrate vocabulary instruction across content areas, and plan, develop and teach strategic reading lessons for students reading below grade level.
Not exact matches
«Among the 20 issues identified is the need to raise awareness
of biosecurity across Europe and the implementation
of European -
wide legislation for this; the dedication
of resources for the long - term management
of invasive species; the development
of new technology to detect new invasives, and early warning
systems to alert EU states to their spread; new European -
wide risk
assessment methods; emergency powers to eradicate alien species once they become established; and effective communications to raise awareness
of invasive species, so the public will know what to look for and how to report it.»
In Ontario, Canada, one
of the great PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) success stories, the current provincial administration took over from one that had instituted a province -
wide curriculum and matching
assessments, along with a tough accountability
system.
Over the course
of the two - year project, schools will begin to implement pathway -
wide systems of performance - based
assessment that include the use
of common, outcomes - aligned rubrics and performance tasks, and a culminating student demonstration
of learning and skill — all aligned with the Common Core and the 4Cs.
Year 4 Science
Assessments Objectives covered: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety
of ways Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety
of living things in their local and
wider environment Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things Describe the simple functions
of the basic parts
of the digestive
system in humans Identify the different types
of teeth in humans and their simple functions Construct and interpret a variety
of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate
of evaporation with temperature Identify how sounds are made, associating some
of them with something vibrating Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Find patterns between the pitch
of a sound and features
of the object that produced it Find patterns between the volume
of a sound and the strength
of the vibrations that produced it Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part
of a complete loop with a battery Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors
Beyond Standardized Testing: District Focuses on Assessing the Whole Child Concerned that high - stakes testing was narrowing student
assessment down to a few scores, educators in one Illinois district developed a
system to assess a
wide range
of skills — including thinking skills and social skills — they wanted students to master.
Gov. Pete Wilson
of California, for example, vetoed the reauthorization
of the California Learning
Assessment System, which included not only a substantially open - ended state exam, but also funded a
wide array
of local
assessment - development projects.
The Galileo comprehensive
assessment system provides a
wide range
of prebuilt and customized
assessment options in math, ELA, and science for students from kindergarten through the 12th grade.
Measuring these school -
wide standards — such as effective communication, problem solving, or habits
of work — must include establishing clear criteria (rubrics), designing authentic
assessments (performance tasks), and a calibrated
system of tracking student performance.
Performance
assessment systems, which allow student choice in demonstrating competency over target standards, have the potential to enable a
wider array
of students — across race, income, language, and disability — to succeed.
Her areas
of expertise include leading district -
wide strategic planning processes, curriculum audits, curriculum development,
assessment systems, leadership development, and professional development initiatives.
Today's announcement is part
of wider plans to create an excellent primary
assessment system and will build on the progress already being made in schools across England, with 1.9 million more children in good or outstanding schools than in 2010.
These
systems are peer - reviewed in a
system supported by
assessment experts and include a check on the validity
of such
assessments through the use
of a state -
wide writing examination and the administration
of one norm - referenced test.
«Truly productive
assessment systems within schools and districts serve the information needs
of a
wide variety
of important
assessment users.
Functional behavioral
assessment, strategic behavioral interventions, and the creation
of school -
wide positive behavioral support / SEL
systems
Provide for the
system -
wide use
of collaboratively developed common classroom formative
assessment as part
of the instructional process?
This website provides a
wide range
of information on
assessments, including an overview
of assessment literacy, California's
assessment system, the purposes and uses
of assessments, developing
assessments, analyzing data, and effective use
of assessment results.
Recommendation 5: The Government must publish a thorough
assessment of the impact
of introducing greater selection on the
wider school
system, outlining all
of the options considered
His professional interests include
system -
wide efforts for school restructuring, the application
of student
assessment to classroom instruction, and implementing response - to - intervention
assessment programs in the context
of whole - school reform.
In particular, higher education
systems can incent a
wider array
of k - 12 districts and schools to develop and implement quality performance
assessment systems.
To achieve this goal, PARCC will develop «
assessments to help educators improve teacher, school, and
system effectiveness by providing a
wider variety
of data that is useful for the purposes
of analyzing effectiveness, calibrating interventions, holding school professionals accountable for student outcomes, supporting strategic management
of human resources, and identifying mid-year professional development and support needs for educators.
(1997) E652: Current Research in Post-School Transition Planning (2003) E586: Curriculum Access and Universal Design for Learning (1999) E626: Developing Social Competence for All Students (2002) E650: Diagnosing Communication Disorders in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (2003) E608: Five Homework Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities (2001) E654: Five Strategies to Limit the Burdens
of Paperwork (2003) E571: Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plans (1998) E628: Helping Students with Disabilities Participate in Standards - Based Mathematics Curriculum (2002) E625: Helping Students with Disabilities Succeed in State and District Writing
Assessments (2002) E597: Improving Post-School Outcomes for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (2000) E564: Including Students with Disabilities in Large - Scale Testing: Emerging Practices (1998) E568: Integrating Assistive Technology Into the Standard Curriculum (1998) E577: Learning Strategies (1999) E587: Paraeducators: Factors That Influence Their Performance, Development, and Supervision (1999) E735: Planning Accessible Conferences and Meetings (1994) E593: Planning Student - Directed Transitions to Adult Life (2000) E580: Positive Behavior Support and Functional Assessment (1999) E633: Promoting the Self - Determination
of Students with Severe Disabilities (2002) E609: Public Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities (2001) E616: Research on Full - Service Schools and Students with Disabilities (2001) E563: School -
Wide Behavioral Management
Systems (1998) E632: Self - Determination and the Education
of Students with Disabilities (2002) E585: Special Education in Alternative Education Programs (1999) E599: Strategic Processing
of Text: Improving Reading Comprehension for Students with Learning Disabilities (2000) E638: Strategy Instruction (2002) E579: Student Groupings for Reading Instruction (1999) E621: Students with Disabilities in Correctional Facilities (2001) E627: Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention for Students with Disabilities: A Call to Educators (2002) E642: Supporting Paraeducators: A Summary
of Current Practices (2003) E647: Teaching Decision Making to Students with Learning Disabilities by Promoting Self - Determination (2003) E590: Teaching Expressive Writing To Students with Learning Disabilities (1999) E605: The Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)(2000) E592: The Link Between Functional Behavioral
Assessments (FBAs) and Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIPs)(2000) E641: Universally Designed Instruction (2003) E639: Using Scaffolded Instruction to Optimize Learning (2002) E572: Violence and Aggression in Children and Youth (1998) E635: What Does a Principal Need to Know About Inclusion?
We find (i) measurements at all scales show that official inventories consistently underestimate actual CH4 [methane] emissions, with the natural gas and oil sectors as important contributors; (ii) many independent experiments suggest that a small number
of «super-emitters» could be responsible for a large fraction
of leakage; (iii) recent regional atmospheric studies with very high emissions rates are unlikely to be representative
of typical natural gas
system leakage rates; and (iv)
assessments using 100 - year impact indicators show
system -
wide leakage is unlikely to be large enough to negate climate benefits
of coal - to - natural gas substitution.
The tools used can also be applied to better interpret sediment records from other marine
systems, both modern and ancient, and can thereby aid in the
assessment of the time scales
of a possible decline into, and recovery from,
wide - scale anoxia and euxinia.
• Demonstrated expertise in developing a
wide variety
of ways to communicate with alumni and organize and implement special academic projects • Hands - on experience in drafting and interpreting regulations and dealing with queries and complaints • Proficient in coordinating
assessment and examination processes, including course evaluation and approval procedures • Adept at using information
systems and preparing reports and statistics for the use
of school professionals
DEC's vision includes a commitment to family - focused practices, inclusion
of all children, culturally responsive and equitable practices, collaboration, comprehensive screening and
assessment, evidence - based interventions, and program -
wide, multitiered
systems of support.
Each county has its own
system of property tax
assessment and rates are determined by a
wide number
of tax authorities such as municipalities and school districts.